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HURLEYS ROCKING THE ARK

Posted on April 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Hurley Group’s prized Arkaba Hotel has begun a massive multi-million-dollar refurb and redesign, for the first time in six decades. The Fullarton pub, which opened in 1964, is one of Adelaide’s biggest and most iconic venues, hosting around 300

CHEUNG’S NEW PLANS FOR CBH REDEVELOPMENT

Posted on April 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Chris Cheung has unveiled his revised plans for a $112 million redevelopment of the iconic Coogee Bay Hotel, adding residential apartments, an accommodation wing and a first class ‘eat street’. Cheung’s C!nc first lodged plans with Randwick Council in 2021

TIME’S UP AT THE TAV

Posted on March 31st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
After four years and multiple challenges, James Thorpe’s Odd Culture Group has regrettably announced the end of its tenure at the Oxford Tavern in Petersham. OCG issued a statement Thursday, prior to publishing on social media. “This pub has always

GREEN LIGHT FOR FEROS’ NEW CRONULLA PUB

Posted on March 15th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The enterprising Feros Group is full steam ahead on a brand-new pub for Cronulla, having received licensing and final approvals for the future landmark Parc Pavilion. Family-owned Feros Group formed a partnership with long-time friends and business associates, high-profile local

SHORT TALKS SELLING UP TO LAUNDY

Posted on February 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Fraser Short has inked a deal with partner and pub legend Arthur Laundy for Laundy Hotels to buy out Short’s interest in their jointly owned portfolio of award-winning hotels. The deal is around the partnership venues of Watsons Bay Boutique

DUXTON PUBS SEE UPLIFT IN LITTLE BANG

Posted on June 29th, 2022 by Jane Louise
There’s been a big boom in Adelaide’s craft brewery scene, with Little Bang bought up by the aspirational Duxton Pubs Group. One of Adelaide’s first local brewers, Little Bang Brewing Co has been acquired by South Australia’s fast-growing and ambitious

NEW SYDNEY PUB FOR THE NEW GAMING PATRONS

Posted on April 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Plans have emerged for a next-generation pub, on Sydney’s Broadway, tapping the booming potential of the video gaming market. Fortress Esports has submitted plans around what will be one of the largest ‘esports’ and video gaming venues in the southern

SUNSHINE COAST SEES DAWN OF THE DOONAN

Posted on February 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality giants the Comiskey Group, producers of two of Australia’s largest pubs, have announced the start to and a partnership with their new venue, The Doonan. The Queensland family-owned company has been widely acclaimed for its creation and operation of

YANGAN LOCALS ON QUEST TO BUY LOCAL

Posted on February 21st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Facing the demise of their beloved watering hole, a posse of determined residents are making the bold move to purchase it themselves. Yangan is a small community of less than four-hundred people, 160 kilometres south-west of Brisbane. The Yangan Hotel

COLOSIMOS SEEING DOUBLE IN ORAN PARK

Posted on July 21st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The Colosimo’s Momento Hotels has backed up plans for its new $38 million Oran Park Hotel with plans for a second greenfield pub, the Oran Park Tavern. Sixty kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Oran Park has been one of